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| jig | |
| 1. sost. giga, danza irlandese | |
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| jig | |
| 1. subst. (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. |  |
| 2. subst. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of th | |
| they danced a jig | |
| 3. subst. (traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. | |
| 4. subst. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body. | |
| 5. subst. A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this | |
| Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig. | |
| 6. subst. (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore. | |
| 7. subst. (obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. | |
| 8. subst. (obsolete) A trick; a prank. | |
| 9. v. To move briskly, especially as a dance. | |
| The guests were jigging around on the dancefloor | |
| 10. v. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks. | |
| 11. v. (fishing) To fish with a jig. | |
| 12. v. To sing to the tune of a jig. | |
| 13. v. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. | |
| 14. v. (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. | |
| 15. v. To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. | |
| 16. subst. (US, offensive slang) A black person. | |
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